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Two months shy of his 26th birthday, Leary was one of the league's better guards in 2014, taking a nice step forward from 2013. He'll make $585,000 in 2015, and be a restricted free agent in 2016. Feb 17 - 2:40 PM

Cowboys LG Ronald Leary was arrested and charged with DWI back on September 7, 2012, but will not face a league-imposed suspension.

This is notable because Leary is now in the league's substance-abuse program and is susceptible to a suspension if he makes another mistake. At the time of his arrest, Leary was on the Cowboys' practice squad after failing to make the team out of camp. He's competing with Uche Nwaneri and Mackenzy Bernadeau for the starting job between LT Tyron Smith and C Travis Frederick. Fri, Jun 27, 2014 10:53:00 AM

Cowboys LG Ronald Leary was arrested and charged with DWI back on September 7, 2012, but will not face a league-imposed suspension.

This is notable because Leary is now in the league's substance-abuse program and is susceptible to a suspension if he makes another mistake. At the time of his arrest, Leary was on the Cowboys' practice squad after failing to make the team out of camp. He's competing with Uche Nwaneri and Mackenzy Bernadeau for the starting job between LT Tyron Smith and C Travis Frederick.

"I feel good about him playing the first game," the ever-optimistic Jones said. "He’s had a good week." It would appear the Cowboys are going with a Week 1 line of LT Tyron Smith, C Travis Frederick, RG Doug Free, RT Jeremy Parnell and Leary. Jones said Tuesday that he thought Free's performance in the third preseason game was "nothing short of amazing." It's nothing short of amazing that someone used the words "amazing" and "Doug Free" in the same sentence.

Leary will be shut down for at least two weeks and is questionable for the season opener. With Nate Livings and Mackenzy Bernadeau also recovering from injuries, David Arkin is expected to see playing time with the first-team offense.

Cowboys LG Ronald Leary will have his knee scoped and is "iffy for the season opener."

Leary was expected to open the season as the Cowboys' starting left guard, ahead of Nate Livings, but he has a chronic knee issue that needs to be cleaned up. The Cowboys can't catch a break on the interior line. Livings recently underwent a knee scope of his own, and RG Mackenzy Bernadeau is recovering from multiple injuries and offseason surgery. David Arkin is the next man up.

Per ESPN Dallas, Leary has a chronic knee condition where "a piece of cartilage, along with a thin layer of the bone beneath it, comes loose from the end of a bone." Despite the painful-sounding description, coach Jason Garrett doesn't believe it's a "serious thing." The Cowboys can ill afford any more issues along their already woeful interior line. Leary recently replaced Mackenzy Bernadeau in the starting lineup.

The Cowboys are expected to start Ronald Leary at right guard this season.

They're moving on from oft-injured and ineffective Mackenzy Bernadeau. Leary played every single snap in Dallas' preseason opener, and the coaching staff wants to keep rookie Travis Frederick at center. Phil Costa now appears the favorite to start at left guard. The tackles are Tyron Smith and Doug Free.

The Dallas Morning News believes Ronald Leary should open the season as the Cowboys' starting right guard.

This is becoming popular belief among those who cover the team. The Cowboys have been talking Leary up for the past year. Dallas is intent on shaking up its interior line, so Leary has a real shot of unseating Mackenzy Bernadeau -- who has barely seen the practice field due to shoulder and hamstring injuries.

We doubt Leary will seriously push LG Nate Livings, but he could give RG Mackenzy Bernadeau a run for his money. A 2012 UDFA, the Cowboys have been talking up Leary for the better part of a year, but he's not even guaranteed a roster spot. Leary spent the majority of his rookie year on the practice squad.

The Cowboys feel G Ronald Leary could develop into a starter in the near future.

Leary went undrafted out of Memphis in 2012 and spent the first 15 weeks on the practice squad before getting a promotion to the active roster prior to Week 16. Some scouts gave him as high as a third-round grade coming out of college, but knee issues forced him out of the draft entirely. After receiving a guaranteed $214,000 on his contract, Leary had worked his way up to lining up with the first-team offense at right guard at the end of training camp. ESPN Dallas believes Mackenzy Bernadeau could slide to center in 2013, and Leary could then step in at right guard.

Dallas guaranteed Leary a whopping $214,000 on his undrafted rookie contract, and he's spent the first 15 weeks of the season on the practice squad. Leary will provide depth for a Cowboys interior line that has struggled all year.

The Cowboys hope to get Leary back on the practice squad after guaranteeing the undrafted rookie over $200,000 in signing bonus and base salary. It doesn't bode well that Leary was unable to make the roster with so many questions on the interior of the offensive line. Undrafted out of Columbia, Adams has some appeal has a developmental tackle.

Cowboys undrafted rookie RG Ronald Leary was working with the first-team offense by the final week of offseason practices.

Dallas had a third-round grade on Leary, who fell out of the draft due to concerns that his knee will eventually require microfracture surgery. Leary appears to have bypassed 2011 fourth-rounder David Arkin, who was inactive for all 16 games as a rookie. Veteran Mackenzy Bernadeau (hip surgery) is a prime candidate for the training camp PUP list, leaving the door open for Leary to snag the starting job.